[Oztrich Boy]

3) Can you imagine being a telemarketer

NO they're scum

2) That politician's shortsighted behavior could lead to further legislation protecting us 'dependent' citizens from the e-mail, snail mail, and billboard advertising that we somehow, by ourselves, can not suppress the influence of.

Nothing to do with not being able to supress the influence of.

e-mail: I chose when to log on and delete unread any spam that sneaks past the filters: minor inconvenience

snail mail: I choose when to go to my post box. The trash bin is between the box and the house: Minor inconvenience to dump unread.

Billboard: don't read.

Telemarketers: They insist I answer the phone when they ring, whatever I was doing at the time. This is a major inconvenience as it is *never* at a time convenient to me. For telemarketer calls there is *no* convenient time.

And did I mention that telemarketers were scum.

[Indy Pendance]

Is there a reason you have to answer your phone? Just because it rings doesn't mean you have to answer it. If I'm busy, I ignore my phone. I have an answering machine, and if whoever calls leaves a message, I will return it at my convenience. If I am expecting an important call, and I get a telemarketer call, I just hang up. No rule says I have to even talk to them.

The bottom line is, as conservatives, we should want less government intrusion into our lives. Reading this thread, and some of the comments that support bigger government is interesting. Having a list is just one more tool for the socialists to get their grubby hands on.

If the government were to tax each and every individual call, there would be no such thing as a do not call list.